How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?

How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?



Looking for an alternative to the Orion Smoke Flares. I want to make my own smoke flare or smoke signal that I can use in emergencies when I go into the wilderness. I don't care what color the smoke is but would prefer a non-natural color like orange, green, or purple so if people see it they don't think it is a campfire. I know I can make smoke bombs out of salt peter and sugar but will this mixture create the amount of smoke that I am looking for? The main thing I am looking for is a good volume of smoke.How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?
I found this for you...use at your own risk and be careful of starting fires....





THE ORIGINAL SMOKE BOMB RECIPIE

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OK, this isn't "THE" original but it was the first that got

excesivily popularized...



FROM "STEAL THIS BOOK" BY ABBIE HOFFMAN



"Sometimes it becomes strategically correct to confuse the opposition

and provide a smoke screen to aid an escape. A real home-made smoke

bomb can be made by combining 4 parts sugar to 6 parts saltpeter

[Potassium Nitrate -Editor's note] (available at all chemical

supply stores). This mixture must then be heated over a very low

flame. It will blend into a plastic substance. When this starts

to gel, remove from heat and allow the plastic to cool. Embed a few

wooden match heads into the mass while it's still pliable and attach

a fuse."



PERSONAL EXPERIENCE W THIS RECIPIE

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Do the cooking with a kitchen oven, candles DO NOT work at all,

and camping stoves are better but hazardous (as Spartacus and

The Data Controller will testify). Filmcans work, but arn't the

best because of the plastic and the small size. The best

container seems to be small glass jars. Fuses are probably the

hardest part, if you can use bought fuses. If not the best is to

pour sterno over the top and light it, this will have an

unpredictable time delay.



COLORED SMOKE BOMBS

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Allthough it has been claimed that adding food coloring to the above

would change its color here are the ingredients for "real" colored

smoke bombs...



BLACK SMOKE RECEPIES

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Ingredient Percentage



Magnesium powder 19

Hexachloroethane 60

Napthalene 21



Magnesium powder 20

Hexachloroethane 60

Napthalene 20



Hexachloroethane 55.8

Alpha Naphol 14

Athracene 4.6

Aluminum powder 9.3

Smokeless powder 14

Naphthalene 2.3



Black powder FFF 50

Potassium nitrate 10

Coal tar 20

Powdered charcoal 15

Paraffin 5



WHITE SMOKE RECIPIES

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Potassium chlorate 44

Sulfur flour 15

Zinc dust 40

Sodium bicarbonate 1



Zinc dust 66.37

Hexachloroethane 33.33



Zinc dust 28

Zinc oxide 22

Hexachloroethane 50



YELLOW SMOKE RECIPIES

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Potassium chlorate 25

Paranitraniline 50

Lactrose 25



Potassium chlorate 30

Naphthalene azodimethyl anline50

Powdered sugar 20



Potassium chlorate 21.4

Naphthalene azodimethyl anline2.7

Auramine 38

Sodium biocarbonate 28.5

Sulfur flour 9.4



GREEN SMOKE RECIPIE

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Potassium nitrate 20

Red arsenic 20

Sulfur flour 20

Antimony sulfide 20

Black powder FFF 20



RED SMOKE RECIPIE

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Potassium chlorate 20

Lactose 20

Paranitraniline red 60



Potassium chlorate 26

Diethylaminorosindone 48

Powdered sugar 26



Potassium chlorate 27.4

Methylaminoanthraquinone 42.5

Sodium bicarbonate 19.5

Sulfur flour 10.6



Potassium pechlorate 25

Antimony sulfide 20

Rhodamine red 50

Dextrin 5How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?
saltpeter and suger will make a lot of smoke if you make a big enough cake (caramelize the sugar) You can get away with a 50/50 mix but err on the side of more saltpeter. WARNING when this stuff burns it gets really hot. You can't weld with it but it will oxidize aluminum. If it is a cold day the smoke will go straight up. The smoke is a white color. Don't bother with a fuse just light a corner of the cake. Cooking this stuff is also dangerous if this crap lights in your kitchen you will be lucky if it doesn't burn down your house.



PS Don't be a jackass. If you try to get cute with this stuff you will start a fire and go to jail.